{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2007/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2007/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Valuation Tribunal Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Composition of tribunals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) , (4) and (5) , a tribunal shall comprise three members of the Valuation Tribunal and shall include—\n(a) the President or a legal member;\n(b) a member who has had experience in the valuation of land; and\n(c) an ordinary member.\n(2) The chairman of a tribunal shall be the President or the legal member.\n(3) Any proceedings may, with the consent of the parties, be considered and determined—\n(a) in the absence of any one member other than the chairman; or\n(b) by the chairman alone,\n(4) In relation to an appeal under section 7(1) or (3) of the 2011 Act, rule 4(1)(c) does not apply.\n(5) In relation to an appeal under regulation 18(1) of the 2017 Regulations, rule 4(1)(b) does not apply.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 4(1) substituted (16.4.2012) by The Valuation Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/122), art. 1, rule 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Valuation Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/44), art. 4(a), rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 4(3) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Valuation Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/44), art. 4(b), rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 4(4) inserted (16.4.2012) by The Valuation Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/122), art. 1, rule 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 4(5) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Valuation Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/44), art. 4(c), rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 in operation at 16.4.2007, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/182/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:41:29.310931+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}